Arabella was going through her closet, trying to find a shirt to wear with her blue skinny jeans. She knew that Hunter was probably waiting for her at the front door but she didn't want to look like a slob. Finally, she decided on wearing a classic white shirt and she pulled on a black leather bomber jacket with a sweater under it, leaving it open. She slipped into a pair of sneakers before grabbing her purse and walking downstairs. Arabella smiled at Hunter. "Ready to go?"
"Not now." He said, checking his watch. "Now, that I am a thousand years old." He said with a laugh before putting his hands on her hips. "You look beautiful." He said, kissing her on the lips. "You look beautiful in anything honestly." He said with a smile. "And nothing, funnily enough." He laughed and took her hand. "Let's go." He said, kissing the back of her hand and walking outside.
"Oh, aren't you just so witty" Arabella teased and she held onto his hand with hers, smiling lightly. She pulled her car keys out of her jacket pocket and slid into her car. "I feel like a badass. With my leather jacket and my sexy car. All I need is..." Arabella said and reached into her purse. She pulled out her mirrored aviator sunglasses and slipped them on, grinning at Hunter. "Now..I am a total badass" She said with a nod and started the car, pulling out of the driveway and onto the street.
"Hey, badass. Your jeans have a spot on them." He said with a chuckle as he noticed a small maple syrup stain on the side of the leg. She freaked out and almost swerved off the road, but Hunter put his hands up in surrender. "Calm down! Calm down. You can't even see it." He said before licking his thumb and rubbing it. "There. It's gone." He said with a smile before leaning over and kissing her cheek, slipping her sunglasses off. He put them on and looked over at her. "How do I look?" He asked with a grin.
"You look pretty badass" Arabella said with a nod. Her heart was slowly going back to a regular speed and her hands were holding onto the wheel tightly. Hunter had nearly given her a heart attack when he said that there was a spot on her jeans. Not only did she not want to go around in public with stained jeans, they were also her favorite jeans too. Arabella looked over at Hunter and laughed before taking her sunglasses back and pushing them up her nose. "We should get you some sunglasses today" She said with a nod.
"Maybe we should." He said with a nod. "We'll have to add it to the ever-growing list." He said with a yawn. "I'm kind of tired today." He said quietly. He was always a busy person and when he woke up, he would stay awake, but something about today made him want to stay in bed. "I think you're rubbing off on me." He said with a chuckle. He nodded and figured that he should do some exercise. Maybe go for a run. He hadn't done that in a while.
Arabella laughed, pulling up in front of Tyler's apartment. She looked over at Hunter and smiled lightly. She had never really seen him tired before, not like this at least. Arabella crawled over the seat to him and she kissed along his jaw, up towards his ear. "We'll just have to find some way to wake you up" She breathed, a smile on her face and in her voice.
"Really, Bell? Do you really have to do that now?" Tyler's voice came from the back of the car as he slid inside and Arabella moved back to the driver's seat.
"Hello, Tyler" She said and pulled the car away from the curb.
"Hey, Tyler!" Hunter said with a reflexive wave of his decorated cast and winced a little.
"Holy crap! Hunter, what happened?" He said with wide eyes. Hunter smiled a little and cleared his throat before glancing at Arabella.
"Uhh...Nothing. You want to sign it?" Hunter said, producing a Sharpie and passing it to him. Tyler nodded and Hunter hung his arm over the backseat. A moment later, Tyler was intently drawing something and Hunter took this opportunity to slide over to Arabella and lean in close. "What did happen?" He whispered before kissing her neck and brushing his lips against her skin.
Arabella shivered and dispite the fact that she was blushing from Tyler's question about Hunter's arm, she smiled. She loved the fact that Hunter wanted to make up a lie to tell people so that they didn't have to talk about the truth. The truth made Arabella feel terrible and guilty and embarrassed. "Maybe..you fell out of a tree? It's not like you wouldn't be in a tree, my monkey man" She whispered back, giggling lightly.
Tyler was finishing up with his drawing and he glanced at all of the other drawings on the cast. "Were you bored or something, Bell?"
"Oh..zip it" Arabella said back to him and she drove towards the Halloween store, hoping that they would still have good costumes.
"That's actually pretty reasonable." Hunter whispered back and kissed her on the temple. He stayed slid over and looked back at the road for a moment before suddenly pressing his lips to her neck again.
"Guys. Seriously." Tyler said, handing Hunter back his Sharpie. "Hey, hey! We're here. Stop it." He said, quickly sliding out of the car.
"Let's go." He said, pressing his lips to hers for a long moment and slipping out of the car.
Arabella smirked at Hunter then she slid out of the car herself. She looked around and took a deep breath. It was one of her favorite shopping centers in the whole city. There was a holiday store that had everything you could ever want for whatever holiday was coming up. There was also a vintage boutique, a music store, a make up store and a craft store. She grabbed her purse and she followed Tyler and Hunter into the holiday store. It was all done out of Halloween, with creepy music and decorations everywhere, making it look like a haunted house. Arabella smiled to herself and walked towards the costumes for women.
Tyler, however, only saw one thing that he really liked. The Batman costume. He took a breath and ran towards it. "This is awesome"
"Wow..." Hunter said, taking Arabella's hand. "This is amazing. I've never seen this much stuff." He said with wide eyes. He followed her to the costumes for women. The racks were mostly picked clean, but there were still several costumes. "Oh, goodness." Hunter said in slight disgust. "I feel like if someone came to my door wearing this I would give them real clothes to wear. Or remind them that prostitution is illegal." He said, glancing around the costumes. "Oh, it looks like Tyler found one." He said, pointing toward Tyler who was staring at a costume on the shelf across from them.
Arabella nodded and scoffed. "This is stuff for the bedroom. Not for Halloween" She said and sighed. Finding a costume was not going to be easy. Arabella looked over at Tyler and she let out a sigh. He would go for something like Batman. She walked over to him and shook her head. "Nope. Not happening. Sorry"
"What? Why? Batman is awesome" Tyler said and he looked at Arabella with a slightly annoyed look on his face.
"Batman also has a mask that hides your entire face. You are not going to get a girlfriend if she can't see your face" Arabella said and she looked through the rack. "You should wear this!" She squealed in delight and pulled out a Prince Charming costume. "Every girl is going to want the man that is dressed as Prince Charming."
"Umm...No." Tyler said, shaking his head. "I'm not going to get a girlfriend if I'm dressed like a cake." He said, shaking his head. "Batman."
Hunter ignored Arabella and Tyler fighting about costumes and started to look around the male costumes. "Inaccurate. Inaccurate. Not clothing." He muttered under his breath as he looked at the costumes. He found a Hercules costume and pulled it off the shelf. He debated for a moment and slipped it under his arm. He kept looking and sighed, thinking he was out of luck until he saw it. "This is perfect." He said, pulling a Robin Hood costume off the shelf. He looked at it and thought for a second before going over to the female costumes.
"You're not going to look like ckae, dummy! You're going to look like prince. C'mon..you'll probably find a girl that's dressed up like a princess and it'll be all perfect" Arabella said, holding up the costume.
"No, Arabella. What I'm going to look like is cake. Fruit cake, to be more specific. Or just a fruit" Tyler snapped back at her. "I'm wearing the Batman costume."
"Would you just trust me on this! Who is the one that had a multi-million dollar clothing company and went to school for costume design. Oh, that's right, me!"
"You are so impossible!" Tyler huffed and folded his arms stubbornly.
Hunter found the right costume and pulled it off the shelf. "This is awesome." He said with a chuckle slipping it under his arm with the other two costumes. He finally looked over at the bickering siblings and rolled his eyes before walking over.
"I'm wearing Batman! Hunter, tell her I'm wearing Batman." Tyler said as Hunter walked up.
"Everyone calm down." He said, passing Arabella her costume. "We need a compromise. He thinks Prince Charming isn't manly. Arabella, you think Batman is too manly. Here." Hunter pushed the Hercules costume into Tyler arms and held up his Robin Hood costume. "Hercules." He said, pointing to Tyler. "Robin Hood and Maid Marion." He said, putting an arm around Arabella.
Arabella looked at the costumes, thinking it over in her mind. Hunter had found the most perfect costume, not only for Tyler but for them as well. She loved the Maid Marion costume. It wouldn't make her look like a slut but it also wasn't frumpy. She also loved the Hercules costume for Tyler. "Dammit, Hunter. You're not supposed to be better at this than me" Arabella said with a smile.
Tyler looked down at the Hercules costume and his face lit up. It was perfect and he loved it. "Wow..this is really great, Hunter. I don't know how you managed to find it" He said and held it up to himself.
"Well, it helped that I didn't stand here for 10 minutes bickering over two costumes." He said with a shrug before taking Arabella's hand again. "Alright. Now that we have costumes, shall we get decorations or...food or something. Maybe some spooky music to play outside the house? I don't know. This is my first Halloween." He said quietly.
Arabella stretched up on her toes and she kissed Hunter tightly. "I'm going to make it the best Halloween ever" She told him softly then pulled away to grab a cart. "I'll just be a couple minutes" Arabella said with a nod and she started running around the store, grabbing everything that she needed. Shopping was easy for Arabella. It was like it could be one of her demigod abilities or something like that. She could run around a store, grab everything that she needed in 10 minutes and still somehow find the greatest deals. Arabella walked back over to Hunter and Tyler with a full cart and grinning.
"You are one of a kind, Bell..." Tyler said and walked towards the counter with her. Once Arabella paid for everything, they walked out of the store and Arabella took everything to the car.
"Okay, what do we want to do next?" Arabella asked.
"Can we go into the music store? Dad said that he would get lessons for me if I picked out an instrument" Tyler said with a nod.
"Yeah, that sounds good" Arabella said and she locked the car before taking Hunter's hand and walking towards the music store.
"Maybe I should pick out an instrument too." He said with a chuckle. Hunter loved music. He was no son of Apollo, but he wasn't a bad singer either. "I think I could see myself with a guitar or something. What do you think?" Hunter asked, putting his head on her head as they walked into the store.
"Mmm...musicians are so sexy" Arabella breathed, leaning in to place a kiss on Hunter's jaw, near his ear. She smiled slightly and looked around the store. Tyler was already gone and looking at the drum section. Arabella grinned at him then walked around the store, looking at everything. Playing music on a daily basis would be fun. She used to take piano lessons and she was pretty good at it, but she had gotten so busy at camp and she had stopped playing. Letting go of Hunter's hand, Arabella walked over to the pianos and she ran her fingers over the keys on a keyboard. With a small smile, Arabella sat down at a grand piano and she brushed her fingers over the black and white keys. Gingerly, she started to press the keys, not really playing anything, really.
Hunter glanced around the store, running his fingers along the strings of the occasional guitar and tapping on the head of a drum. He took a guitar off the wall and awkwardly played a few chords that he had learned from Dana at camp. He shrugged and put it back on the wall before glancing over at Tyler who was talking to someone about a drum kit and furrowed his brow, realizing he was missing Arabella. He finally saw her golden hair at a piano and smiled. He walked over and sat next to her. "I didn't know you play." He said, kissing her cheek and looking at her fingers as they nimbly rested on the keys.
"Hmm?' Arabella looked over at Hunter when he sat down. She was so lost in her own little world that she didn't hear him walk over to her. "Oh, no..I don't really play much. I was just..messing around" She said with a shrug and grinned a little bit. "Did you find anything?" Arabella asked him, turning to kiss his lips lightly.
"Nah. I'm okay. I'll just stick to singing badly." He said with a chuckle. He put his arm around her waist and kissed her. "It looks like Tyler found something though." He said, nodding toward Tyler who was excitedly walking over.
"Drums. I'm going to learn the drums." He said with a smile. Hunter nodded and leaned his head on Arabella's.
"Maybe we should get a set for the basement. That okay, with you, Ellie?" He asked, knowing that she would say no. Hunter didn't really want one, but he thought it would be fun to have one.
Arabella shrugged and looked into his dark eyes. "If Dad says that Tyler can't have drums at their place, we can put some in the basement" She said with a nod and kissed him. "If we have a set then Tyler will never leave our place and we'll never have time alone"
"Really? Again?" Tyler said, looking over at the kissing Hunter and Arabella. She giggled and broke away from Hunter, smacking Tyler's arm.
"Mind your own business" Arabella teased, walking out of the store and towards the car.
"Alright. Where to next, milady?" Hunter asked as he slipped into the car. "Home? And then we'll decorate? And by that I mean, Tyler and I will decorate." He said with a chuckle as he leaned over and kissed Arabella on the cheek. She giggled and started the car.
"I'm going to be nauseous." Tyler said from the backseat. Hunter chuckled and turned to him.
"One day when you've got a girlfriend, I'm going to tease you in the exact same way, man." He said with a grin.
"Oh, please. I'm not going to get a girlfriend any time soon" Tyler said and he turned to look out of the window. Arabella sighed and looked back at him for a second before looking back at the road.
"You won't get a girlfriend if you keep thinking like that, Ty" Arabella told him with a nod. "One day soon, you'll find the perfect girl for you. I know it. It's going to happen soon"
"Whatever you say, Bell" Tyler said and folded his arms across his chest. Arabella glanced at Hunter then tapped on the steering wheel. After a few moments, she was pulling up to the apartment and parking the car.
"We'll call you before we come to pick you up for Trick-or-Treating" Arabella said with a nod as Tyler got out of the car. He grabbed his bags and smiled slightly, giving Hunter and Arabella a wave before turning around and walking inside. Arabella let out a sigh and headed towards their home. Once they got home, she stopped the car and stretched, running her fingers through her hair.
"Well, that was interesting" She said and smiled at Hunter before slipping out of the car.
Hunter slipped out of the car and took her hand as they walked toward the house. He brought it up and kissed it lightly before opening the door for her. "I had fun. Even when I was beating you at your own game." He said with a wink, referring to the costume situation. He lead her into the living room and sat down on the couch, pulling her down with her. "Did you have fun?" He asked, tracing her fingers with his.
"Mmm..lots of fun" Arabella said softly, leaning into him. She kissed his lips lightly and she trailed her fingers down his arm. Now that they had all of the things that they needed for Halloween, Arabella was really looking forward to it. She had a beautiful costume and tons of decorations for the house and Hunter was going to have his first Halloween. She was excited. Arabella brushed her lips along his jaw then placed her head onto his shoulder, yawning lightly.
"Don't yawn." Hunter said quickly. "You yawn and that...makes...me..." Hunter yawned and then sighed. "Yawn." He said quietly. Hunter hated feeling tired. "Alright. I'm going to go for a run. I need to wake up or something. Why don't you...take a shower? Or pick out a movie? I'll be back in a little while." He said, turning and pressing his lips to hers tightly. He broke it and looked into her bright blue eyes. "I'll miss you." He said with a smile before kissing her again and standing up. He ran upstairs and changed into a sleeveless shirt and a pair of athletic shorts. He grabbed his iPod, which was a gift from a friend at camp and walked back downstairs and out the door.
Arabella smiled when he came outside and she kissed him lightly. "See you later" She said softly and she watched as he ran off, into the distance. Arabella took a deep breath then slowly walked inside, folding her arms across her chest. Hunter was going to be gone for a little while so she figured that she would do some stuff that she probably wouldn't get away with if Hunter was home. Arabella walked into the kitchen and she placed her iPhone into the dock, turning on her music. Man! I Feel Like a Woman started to play from the speakers and Arabella started dancing around the kitchen, turning on the water kettle and getting a cup of tea ready to go. Once the water was boiled, Arabella poured it into her mug and turned off the music. Still humming to herself, she climbed the stairs and walked into the bedroom that she shared with Hunter. She was sick and tired of jeans. Quickly, she changed out of her jeans and pulled on a short pair of cotton shorts from Victoria's Secret and a simple tshirt. She walked back down to the kitchen and turned her music back on again. With a smile, she started singing along to Bootylicious and dancing around.
Hunter hadn't done something purely active in a while. He stayed in shape, but something about exercise made him happy. He missed being able to walk around in the woods or spar in the arena or climb the rock wall and all the other things at camp. There was something almost nostalgic about running, though. Ever since he left camp, he had started running. Recently he had stopped the practice, but maybe he would be able to start up again. As long as he didn't fall down anymore flights of stairs. After a few miles he slowed to a walk in front of his house. With slightly heavy breaths, he opened the door and walked in, with his iPod in his hand. "Ellie? I'm back." He said as he closed the door before freezing at the sound of I Will Survive being blasted from the kitchen. He raised an eyebrow and walked through the dining room and into the kitchen where he saw Arabella dancing around. He blinked for a moment before stepping forward and catching her, causing her to jump a little. He smiled and laughed when she seemed a little flustered from being caught. "Hi." He said with a toothy grin.
"Hi.." Arabella breathed, looking at him. Her cheeks flushed and he heart started to race but she figured that Hunter would probably assume that it was from being caught dancing to I Will Survive. However, it had more to do with the fact that he was wearing a sleeveless shirt, his cheeks were flushed from running, his breathing was a little heavy and he was sweating. Arabella couldn't stop herself. She put her hands on his biceps and she pulled herself tighter to him, pressing her lips against his passionately.
Hunter's eyes widened at the sudden lip lock. He hesitated for a moment before wrapping an arm around her and kissing her back. It was weird what got Arabella going. French. Sleeveless shirts. Sweating. She was a odd person, but that was one of the reasons that Hunter loved her even more. Her quirks and eccentricity made everything seem so exciting. He hummed against her lips and reflexively put his other arm around her, but putting it back down can cringing. He broke away and sighed. "Sorry." He said quietly. He felt like that might have sufficiently killed the mood. "I'm going to go for a shower." He said, kissing her again. "Stay beautiful, okay? And stop wearing makeup, would you? You look lovely without it." He said, kissing her and walking toward the stairs, unintentionally bringing her with. He finally broke it at the foot of the stairs and sighed before running up the stairs and into the bedroom. He grabbed some clothes and walked into the bathroom before stripping down and getting into the shower.
Arabella took a couple deep breaths, trying to get her heart rate back to a semi-normal speed. It was taking every ounce of her will power not to run up those stairs and jump into the shower with him. Arabella closed her eyes for a moment and turned back to the kitchen quickly making another cup of tea. She need to calm down. Maybe walking around the house a little bit would help. So Arabella climbed the stairs, shivering lightly. She walked into their bedroom and looked around for a moment, almost forgetting why she went in there. Her mind was with Hunter in the shower, not in her bedroom with her. Arabella shivered again and remembered why she had gone there. Putting her blanket around her shoulders and grabbing her tea, Arabella headed downstairs but she stopped by a closed door. Arabella had never thought much of it before. She figured that it was just a spare room or something that they didn't need. But when she opened the door, she gasped. In the middle of the sunny room was a beautiful Yamaha grand piano. Arabella gingerly took a few steps inside and lowered herself on to the bench seat. With closed eyes and a soft sigh, Arabella brushed her fingers over the keys before she started playing Before Dawn by Isaac Shepard.
Hunter stepped out of the shower and dried his hair with a towel. He wiped the fog from the mirror and straightened it out a little before looking at the fuzz on his face. With a shrug, he decided against shaving and slipped on his boxers and a fresh pair of jeans before stepping out with the towel hung around his neck. After a kiss like that, he was half-expecting her to be at the door when he stepped out. He listened for a moment and heard music. This wasn't Bootylicious or I Will Survive though. This was calming and soothing. He raised an eyebrow as he forgot about a shirt and opened the door. He walked down the stairs slowly. "This is a change of pace, isn't it?" He asked with a chuckle as he reached the kitchen to find her iPod gone from the dock. He blinked for a moment before realizing the music was coming from his grandmother's piano. She had started to teach Hunter's mother when she died in the car wreck. Hunter slowly crept to the doorway and leaned on the threshold as he watched her play. He had no idea she was this good. There was something touching about seeing her play that piano. His grandmother played that piano. His mother played the piano. And now she was playing the piano. The love of his life. The woman he was going to spend the rest of his life with was now playing that piano. He swallowed as he felt a few tears prickle at the corner of his eyes. He could imagine her teaching their children on that piano. On Christmas while he was cooking dinner, she would play Christmas carols and the whole family would sing together. And then every once in a while Hunter and Arabella would sit on the bench together and he would watch her play; Falling in love with every single note and chord that she played. As soon as she finished, Hunter wiped a tear away and clapped for her with a smile on his face. "Why didn't you tell me you were a descendant of Beethoven?" He asked with a chuckle that came out a bit choked as he swallowed again.
Arabella squeaked and jumped a little when started clapping. She looked back at him and caught her breath when she saw that he wasn't wearing a shirt. Her cheeks turned a bright red and a small smile spread across her lips. "Because I'm not" Arabella said with a laugh and she turned back to the piano. She cleared her throat, wondering why she was so flustered by Hunter hearing her play the piano. Playing it was something that she used to love and it was something that she missed a lot but it was never something that anyone knew about. Outside of her family, Hunter was the only person who had heard her play before. "How..how long were you standing there?" She asked him
"Long enough. You're amazing, Ellie." He said as he walked over and sat down next to her. Hunter looked at her as she blushed. "I guess we're even for the foreign languages, now." He said with a chuckle as he put an arm gently around her waist. "I...How is it that you're so perfect?" He said with a chuckle, placing a kiss on her cheek before looking at the piano. He looked at it almost if he expected it to be playing itself and Arabella just looked like she was playing it. "Oh my gods...Can you play anything else?" He asked, pulling her close.
Arabella looked at him and she giggled softly as she nodded. Before doing anything, she leaned into him, kissing his lips lightly but it was filled with emotion. Arabella pulled away softly and she smiled at him before turning back to the piano. "Well, I know one song but it might be a little bit rusty. I haven't played it in a while" She told him softly and she cracked her knuckles. Her eyes closed as she tried to remember how it went exactly and her fingers found the keys. After a moment of silence, Arabella started to play Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Her cheeks were red and at first, all she could think of was how much she didn't want to mess up and look like an idiot. But then she remembered the music and it came easily to her.
Hunter smiled as he watched her fingers nimbly dance across the keys. As soon as she found a rhythm, he looked up at her. The way she chewed on her lip while she played. the way she nodded with every hand shift. The way she would tilt her head a little when she found a shaky note. Hunter found every habit the most adorable thing he had ever seen. Without letting her finish playing, he leaned forward and pressed his lips to hers, putting as much love as one kiss could hold into this one embrace.
Arabella gasped a little, out of shock, when he kissed her. He had never been like that with her, not really. She stopped playing, resting her hands on the keys and she leaned into him, into the kiss. Arabella wanted to melt into him, to feel his arms and his warmth surround her. She slid her fingers off the keys and onto his chest, her fingers curving as if she was trying to hold onto him. "So..where did the piano come from?" Arabella breathed, trying to calm herself down a little bit but she didn't think that it was actually going to work.
Hunter kissed her back and absorbing the feeling of her closeness to him. "It was my grandmother's." He said before wrapping an arm around her and pulling her close. "When I first moved in here, there were learning books-" He kissed her again and brushed his lips against her cheek. "With my mother's name on them. I'm assuming my grandmother was teaching my mother how to play." He said, kissing her tightly on the lip again. "That was before the car crash." He muttered against her lips.
"Okay, change of subject" Arabella breathed and she kissed his bottom lip tenderly before nibbling on it lightly. She didn't want to talk about depressing things like the car crash. She just wanted to kiss Hunter and feel Hunter and love Hunter. He was the only thing on her mind at that moment and nothing was going to ruin it for her. She smirked lightly and brushed her lips along his jaw "What did you have in mind for the night?"
Hunter smiled as he pressed his lips to hers again. "Umm..." He muttered with narrowed eyes. He couldn't believe how perfect she was. For him and in general. "Grab my neck." He said quickly. She complied by putting her arms around his neck. Hunter kissed her again and without leaving her lips, he swung his good arm under her legs and scooped her into his arms. "Bad arm is free. Just hold on." He said, placing a few kisses on her neck. He hurried out of the room and looked at the stairs. Not carrying her this way. He walked toward the couch and stood over it. He put his back to one of the armrests and fell backward onto the couch, making sure to kiss her the whole time. "You can take it from here." He whispered with a chuckle before, kissing her neck and shoulder.
"What got you all worked up?" Arabella whispered with a smile and she sat up, straddling him. Her hands grazed down his chest, feeling every muscle. She loved him. It was that simple. He was wonderful and funny and he made her feel like a million bucks. He made her feel like she was worthy of being with someone as amazing as him. Arabella still felt like she was dreaming every single time that Hunter's touched her skin or kissed her lips. She smirked down at him and she lifted her shirt up a little bit, teasing him.
"You said it yourself." Hunter said, running a hand up her shirt and against her flat stomach. He grazed his fingers around her belly button a moment before sliding to her side where he pulled her down for a kiss. He trailed his lips to her ear. "Musicians are sexy." He whispered with a chuckle, letting his breath tickle her ear and his lips graze her skin. He smiled as he ran his hand up and down her side under her shirt.
Arabella giggled, shivering lightly at his touch. "Mmm..if I had known that earlier, maybe I would have been playing the piano ages ago" she whispered with a smirk and she ran her hands down his arms, squeezing his biceps lightly. She felt his muscles subconsciously flex under her fingers and she shuddered lightly, in a good way. Arabella pulled away slightly so that she could peel her shirt off, desperately wanting to feel his skin touching her skin. "Gods, how did I ever get so lucky" She breathed, placing kisses on his collar bone.